If Disney were smart, they'd stay away from Lucas' story line and go somewhere else within that universe. There are enough books and that universe is vast enough to create new heroes not only in places but time.

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I'm just thinking of how much use Disney is going to get out of ILM now. They'll be the special effects warehouse with very few competitors which makes me glad that Peter Jackson still has WETA under his control.

As to the Star Wars verse, I hope they jump about 3 or 4 centuries into the future ... kickstart the cycle all over again.

I understand that but I am seeing it like bigger banks swallowing up smaller banks ... Disney has practically doubled in size over the past 10 yrs with the Marvel acquisition and now LucasFilm. This means of course that any future Marvel products are pretty much guaranteed the ILM touch which is not a bad thing.

For the record, for 4 billion dollars I'm not at all surprised Lucas signed on the dotted line. Billion. With a B.

It's also a good bet that he's still getting a percentage of the merchandise sales as well. It may only be a sliver, but with the sheer volume of the stuff out there, it's a huge sliver.

Also, it's worth noting that The Avengers 2 is also due to come out in 2015 as well. I doubt Disney will want two huge movies going up against one another, so they'll either own the year (Avengers in April/May and Star Wars in June/July?), sales wise, or move Star Wars back to 2016.

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